M 5.1 in Vanuatu on 01 Mar 2021 10:06 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1258000
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -17.6988 , 167.6407
Event Date: 01 Mar 2021 10:06 UTC
01 Mar 2021 21:06 Local
Exposed Population:
About 82000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 03 Mar 2021 15:30 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
6.1 (Vanuatu)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000dejc Scaled population (vector) 4.53  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1.12  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 698 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

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New Zealand earthquake: Third, larger tremor sparks fresh tsunami warn ... Fri, 05 Mar 2021 09:28:00 +0100.

Authorities in New Zealand told residents in certain areas on the East Coast of the North Island to leave their homes and immediately move to higher ground, amid warnings of a possible damaging tsunami. The US Tsunami Warning System said t
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Nouvelle-Zélande: Alerte aux tsunamis dans le PacifiqueFri, 05 Mar 2021 09:26:00 +0100.

Wellington – Le Centre d’alerte aux tsunamis dans le Pacifique (PTWC), situé à Hawaï, a averti, jeudi soir, que des vagues pouvant atteindre jusqu’à 3 mètres de hauteur pouvaient toucher le Vanuatu et le territoire français de Nouvelle-Calé
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Chile emitió una “Alerta Roja” ante la amenaza de tsunami tras el sism ... Fri, 05 Mar 2021 09:26:00 +0100.

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),